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Pioneer Family, (sculpture). Artist:  Felten, Pete, sculptor. Title:  Pioneer Family, (sculpture). Dates:  1976. Dedicated July 28, 1976. Digital Reference:  Medium:  Figures: Silverdale limestone; Cross: railroad ties and wood; Bases: limestone. Dimensions:  2 figure groups; 1 cross. Figures: approx. 6 ft. 3 in. x 11 ft. 2 in. x 2 ft. 1 in. (2 1/2 tons each); Cross: approx. H. 8 ft.; Bases: approx. 11 in. x 11 ft. 9 in. x 2 ft. 6 in. Inscription:  Felten 1976 signed Description:  Two figure groups depicting a German immigrant pioneer family face each other on either side of a wooden cross. The group on the proper right side includes a father, two sons and a dog standing close together. The father wears a hat, his proper right hand grasping the shoulder of the child standing beside him. The other child stands in front of the father, his proper right hand resting on the dog's head. On the proper left of the cross stands a mother with two daughters. She wears a kerchief, full-length dress and apron. One child, her hair in braids, stands in front of the mother, the mother's hand on her proper right shoulder. The other child stands behind the mother, her proper left hand dragging a limp doll behind her. The mother's proper left hand cups her head. Subject:  Figure group -- Family Animal -- Dog Occupation -- Other -- Pioneer Ethnic -- German Emblem -- Cross Dress -- Accessory -- Hat Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- Kansas -- Victoria Sculpture Owner:  Administered by City of Victoria, City Hall, Victoria, Kansas 67601 Located Corner of 19th & Cathedral Streets, Victoria, Kansas Remarks:  Nearby plaque reads: Pioneer Family/the first twenty-three families of Volga-Germans arrived in Victoria/on April 8, 1876, and established the village of Herzog in the area/North of this point, the first religious activities of these/settlers centered around the village cross, in the following months/the community outgrew three church buildings before the present/church was completed in 1912. This statue, a tribute to these/pioneers,was dedicated July 28, 1976. IAS files contain related articles and materials,including articles from the Hays Daily News (Kansas), July 7, 1976, and the State College Leader, Oct. 14, 1976, pg. 12-14. Articles discuss artist's conception of work and state that the city fathers commissioned the work to provide the town with a memorial to the town's centennial and the nation's Bicentennial. Revenue sharing funds paid the cost for the sculpture. References:  Save Outdoor Sculpture, Kansas survey, 1994. Illustration:  Image on file. Note:  The information provided about this artwork was compiled as part of the Smithsonian American Art Museum's Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture database, designed to provide descriptive and location information on artworks by American artists in public and private collections worldwide. Repository:  Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture, Smithsonian American Art Museum, P.O. Box 37012, MRC 970, Washington, D.C. 20013-7012 Control Number:  IAS KS000072   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture KS000072 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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